Ryuichi Sakamoto's 'BTTB' Is Moody Simplicity at Its Best
On BTTB, Ryuichi Sakamoto's affinity for the suggestive qualities of the so-called Impressionist movement reveals itself through subtleties.
05 Mar 2019
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Alva Noto and Ryuichi Sakamoto Take an Exquisite Journey on 'Glass'
Musical innovators Alva Noto and Ryuichi Sakamoto recorded Glass live, totally improvised and inspired by an extended moment spent within structure, art, and nature.
20 Apr 2018
Ryuichi Sakamoto's 'Async: Remodels' Is One of Those Rare Remix Albums That Enhances the Original Recording
Ryuichi Sakamoto's async sounds almost as good when it comes out the remix wringer as Async: Remodels.
08 Mar 2018
Ryuichi Sakamoto: async
The celebrated composer is back from a recent health scare with his first solo album in eight years, and it's a dark, eerie, ethereal beauty.
28 Apr 2017
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Nagasaki - Memories of My Son
When you want weighty music for your weighty film, Ryuichi Sakamoto is the guy to call.
16 Nov 2016
Ryuichi Sakamoto and Alva Noto: The Revenant
After a short hiatus from music, Ryuichi Sakamoto set himself up for quite the challenge in scoring The Revenant.
09 Feb 2016
Vinicius Cantuária: Vinicius Canta Antonio Carlos Jobim
What happens when one Brazilian music giant tackles another? Smooth sailing, that's what.
12 Jul 2015
Ryuichi Sakamoto & Taylor Deupree: Disappearance
Inspired by their collaborative live performance, Sakamoto and Deupree create an elegant and sublime soundtrack for meditative mind.
22 Oct 2013
John Zorn + Ryuichi Sakamoto: [email protected], 4 October 2013 - Japan Society, New York
An entirely improvised performance by two of the scene's avant-garde composers
06 Oct 2013
The Best Electronic Music of 2012
2012 was another year of innovation and diversity in electronic music, but with the same artist as last year at the top of the heap after all was said and done.
10 Dec 2012
Exoticism and Eroticism in 'Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence'
As with Gohatto, Oshima's English-language debut features an exotic interloper who causes a sexual disturbance among an insular clique.
21 Oct 2010
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Playing the Piano/Out of Noise
For Ryuichi Sakamoto, a lifelong career of electro-pop and film scores have pointed the way to a hypnotizing double album of piano solos and reflective experiments. Uncork the champagne.
27 Sep 2010
Verse-Chorus-Verse: An Interview with Ingrid Chavez
Artist/producer PC Muñoz mines for gems and grills the greats.
18 Jan 2010
Gone and Not Forgotten: The PopMatters DVD Wish List
A lot of good movies are still missing from DVD. Here is a list of 25 that PopMatters feels have been unceremoniously left to simply fade away.
23 Jan 2008
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Bricolages
The best we can say for this remix album is that the original material still sounds great.
03 Aug 2006
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